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The Central Government gives notice of its intention to acquire 751.617 hectares of land under section 7(1) of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 for coal prospecting.

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The Ministry of Coal, Government of India, issued notification S.O. 2202(E) on 15th May, 2025, giving notice of the Central Government's intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957). This follows the previous notification S.O. 2230(E) dated 19th May, 2023, issued under section 4(1) of the same Act, which notified the intention to prospect for coal in approximately 787.893 hectares (1946.88 acres). Being satisfied that coal is obtainable in a part of the land, the Central Government now intends to acquire approximately 751.617 hectares (1857.25 acres) as described in the appended Schedule. The land is located in the Raigarh Area, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, designated for the Porda Chimtapani Open Cast Project, covering revenue land (approx. 518.204 ha) and forest land (approx. 233.413 ha) across villages including Konpara, Chimtapani, Kantajhariya, Kathrapali, Unsurveyed Land (Singhanpur, Gram Panchayat Chimtapani), and Gharghoda Forest Range. A plan bearing number SECL/BSP/GM(L and R)/LAND/19 dated 27th February, 2025, is available for inspection at designated offices including the Collector, District Raigarh, the Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal (Delhi), and South Eastern Coalfields Limited (Bilaspur). Attention is drawn to section 8 of the Act regarding objections to the acquisition within thirty days. The Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal, is the competent authority under section 3 of the Act, appointed vide notification S.O. 905 dated 20th March, 1987.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17052025-263176 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2152] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025/VAISAKНА 25, 1947 MINISTRY OF COAL NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th May, 2025. S.O. 2202(E).— Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Coal number S.O. 2230(E), dated 19th May, 2023, issued under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 or 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 19th May, 2023, the Central Government gave notice of its intention to prospect for coal in 787.893 hectares (approximately) or 1946.88 acres (approximately) of the land in the locality specified in the Schedule annexed to that notification; And whereas the Central Government is satisfied that coal is obtainable in a part of the said land prescribed in the Schedule appended to this notification. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 7 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby gives notice of its intention to acquire the land measuring 751.617 hectares (approximately) or 1857.25 acres (approximately) as all rights in or over the said land described in the Schedule appended hereto. Note 1: The plan bearing number SECL/BSP/GM(L and R)/LAND/19 dated the 27th February, 2025 comprised the area covered by this notification may be inspected in the office of the Collector, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh or in the office of the Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Scope Minar, 5th Floor, Core II, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 or in the office of the South Eastern Coalfields Limited (Revenue Section), Seepat Road, Bilaspur- 495006, Chhattisgarh. Note 2: Attention is hereby invited to the provisions of section 8 of the said Act which provides as follows: "8. Objection to acquisition. – (1) Any person interested in any land in respect of which a notification under section 7 has been issued may, within thirty days of the issue of the notification, object to the acquisition of the whole or any part of the land or of any rights in or over such land. Explanation: - It shall not be an objection within the meaning of this section for any person to say that he himself desires to undertake mining operations in the land for the production of coal and that such operations should not be undertaken by the Central Government or by any other person. (2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the competent authority in writing, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by a legal practitioner and shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, either make a report in respect of the land which has been notified under sub-section (1) of section 7 or of rights in or over such land, or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land or of rights in or over such land, to the Central Government, containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government. (3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be interested in land who would be entitled to claim an interest in compensation if the land or any rights in or over such land were acquired under this Act.". Note 3: The Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Scope Minar, 5th Floor, Core II, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 has been appointed by the Central Government as the competent authority under section 3 of the said Act, vide notification number S.O. 905, dated the 20th March, 1987, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of India, dated the 4th April, 1987. SCHEDULE Porda Chimtapani Open Cast Project Raigarh Area, South Eastern Coalfields Limited District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh [Plan bearing number SECL/BSP/GM(L and R)/LAND/19 dated the 27th February, 2025] All Rights: (A) Revenue Land: +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | Serial | Name of | Patwari | Tahsil | District | State | Area | Remarks | | Number | village | Halka | | | | (in | | | | | number | | | | Hectares) | | +==============+===============+=================+=========+==========+============+=================+==========+ | 1. | Konpara | 00009 | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 235.957 | Part | +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 2. | Chimtapani | 00007 | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 36.391 | Part | +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 3. | Kantajhariya | 00007 | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 36.936 | Part | +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 4. | Kathrapali | 00009 | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 153.920 | Part | +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 5. | Unsurveyed | | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 55.000 | Full | | | Land | | | | | | | | | (Vilage- | | | | | | | | | Singhanpur, | | | | | | | | | Gram | | | | | | | | | Panchayat- | | | | | | | | | Chimtapani) | | | | | | | +--------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ Total: 518.204 hectares (approximately) or 1280.48 Acres (approximately) (B) Forest Land: +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | Serial | Name of forest range | Tahsil | District | State | Area (in | Remarks | | Number | | | | | Hectares) | | +==============+=======================+=========+==========+============+=================+==========+ | 1. | Konpara | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 138.576 | Part | +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 2. | Chimtapani | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 78.580 | Part | +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 3. | Kantajhariya | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 3.677 | Part | +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 4. | Kathrapali | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 2.580 | Part | +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ | 5. | Gharghoda Forest Range | Gharghoda | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 10.000 | Part | +--------------+-----------------------+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+----------+ Total: 233.413 hectares (approximately) or 576.76 Acres (approximately) Grand Total (A + B): 751.617 hectares (approximately) or 1857.25 Acres (approximately) 1. Plot numbers to be acquired in village Konpara (Part): 1 to 36, 45/1 (Part), 45/2, 45/3 (Part), 60 to 66, 67/1 to 67/3, 68 to 94, 95/1 to 95/5, 96 to 123, 124/1, 124/2, 125 to 147, 148/1 to 148/4, 149 to 183, 186/2, 187 to 198, 200/2, 200/3, 201, 202, 203/1, 251/1 क, 251/1 ख, 251/1 ग, 253 (Part), 254/40 and 267 (Part). 2. Plot numbers to be acquired in village Chimtapani (Part): 1 (Part), 7 to 12, 15, 16/4, 16/6 to 16/9, 17/13, 17/15, 17/17 to 17/24, 17/30, 17/34 to 17/37, 36, 41 to 46, 47/1 (Part) to 47/4, 47/7, 49 (Part) and 149 (Part). 3. Plot numbers to be acquired in village Kantajhariya (Part): 11 to 15, 40 to 46, 50 to 53, 54/1, 54/2, 54/4 to 54/8, 54/12 to 54/14, 55 to 59, 60 (Part), 61, 62, 63 (Part), 64/5 to 64/8, 65 (Part), 66 to 70, 71/1 to 71/3, 72 to 75. 4. Plot numbers to be acquired in village Kathrapali (Part): 22 to 41, 59 to 85, 86 (Part), 241 to 264, 281 to 283, 378 (Part), 379 to 384, 385 (Part), 386, 388, 389, 392 and 393 (Part). 5. Compartment numbers to be acquired in Gharghoda Forest Range: 1327P (P) and 1319 RF (P). 6. Unsurveyed land to be acquired in village Sinhanpur, Gram Panchayat Chimtapani: Approximately 55.00 Hectares. Boundary Description: A-B: Line starts from point 'A' at southern corner of Khasra No. 283 of Kathrapali villages and passes through Khasra No. 281, 262, 263/6, 263/2, 263/1, 264, 241, 86 (P), 84,83, 80, 59, 60, 41, 40, 22, 23 of Kathrapali villages towards North direction and meets at point 'B' at the Boarder of Porda Village. B-C: Line starts from point 'B' and passes through Khasra no. 23,24,25,30, 31 of Kathrapali Village and outer boundary of Khasra No 79/1, 76/1 and 76/2 of Kantajhariya Villages towards North-east direction and meets at point 'C Khasra No. 75 at the boundary of Kantajhariya village. C-C1: Line starts from point 'C' and passes through Khasra no. 75 of Kantajhariya village towards North East direction and meets at point 'C1'. C1-C2: Line starts from point 'C1' and passes through Khasra no. 75 & 74 of Kantajhariya village towards South-East direction and meets at point 'C2'. C2-C3: Line starts from point 'C2' and passes through outer boundary of Khasra no. 79/4 79/2 of Kantajhariya village towards North direction and meets at point 'C3'. C3-C4: Line starts from point 'C3' and passes through Khasra no. 73, 55/2, 54/8 of Kantajhariya village towards South West direction and meets at point 'C4'. C4-D: Line starts from point 'C4' at boundary of Kantajhariya village and passes through Khasra No. 54/8, 50, 46/2, 46/3 of Village Kantajhariya village towards north-west direction and meets at point 'D'. D-E: Line starts from point 'D' and passes through Khasra No 46/3, 46/7, 46/6, 46/4, 40, 41, 15 and 11 of Kantajhariya village towards North Direction and meets at point 'E'. E-F: Line starts from point 'E' and passes through Khasra 11, 63 (P), 62, 60, 64/7, 64/5, 65, 67/4, 66/1 of Kantajhariya village and Khasra No 1P, 7, 1(P) of Chimtapani village towards North-east direction and meets at point 'F'. F-G: Line starts from point 'F' of Chimtapani Village and passes through Khasra No 16 (P), 17/13, 15 of Chimtapani village towards south direction and meets at point 'G'. G-H: Line starts from point 'G' and passes through Khasra No 15, 17/15, 17/37 of Chimtapani Village towards south-west direction and meets at point 'H'. H-I: Line starts from point 'H' and passes through Khasra No 17/37 of Chimtapani Village towards south-east direction and meets at point 'I'. I-J: Line starts from point 'I' and passes through Khasra No 17/37 of Chimtapani Village towards west direction and meets at point 'J'. J-K: Line starts from point 'J' and passes through Khasra No 17/37 of Chimtapani Village towards South east direction and meets at point 'K'. K-L: Line starts from point 'K' and passes through Khasra No 17/37, 17/17, 17/34, 17/24, 43/1, 17/30 and 36 of Chimtapani Village towards east direction and meets at point 'L'. L-M: Line starts from point 'L' and passes through Khasra No 36, 47/1P and 41 of Chimtapani Village towards South east direction and meets at point 'M'. M-N: Line starts from point 'M' and passes through Khasra No 41, 47/1(P) and 47/7(P) of Village Chimtapani and Khasra No 27, 28, 36/5, 267(P), 45(P), 267(P) of Konpara Village towards south direction and meets at 'N'. N-O: Line starts from point 'N' and passes through Khasra No. 267, 203/1(P), 202/1, 202/2, 200/3 of Konpara Village towards south west direction and meets at point 'O'. O-P: Line starts from point 'O' and passes through Khasra No. 200/3, 200/2, 198, 195/1, 187, 186/2, 183, 175, 173, 170/2, 172, 157, 154/3, 153/1, 148/1, 152/1, 152/2 of Konpara Village towards west direction and meets at point 'P'. P-Q: Line starts from point 'P' and passes through Khasra No. 152/2, 148/3, 251/1, 254/40 Konpara Village and Khasra No.393(P), 392 of Kathrapali Village towards South west direction and meets at point 'Q' at Border of Kathrapali Village. Q-R: Line starts from point 'Q' and passes through Khasra No.392 of Kathrapali Village towards North west direction and meets at point 'R'. R-A: Line starts from point 'R' and passes through Khasra No.392, 389, 388, 386, 385(P) and 378(P), 283 of Kathrapali Village towards west direction and meets at point 'A'. S-T: Line starts from point 'S' at outer Boundary of Khasra No 514 and passes through Compartment no. 1327P (P) and 1319 RF (P) of Gharghoda Forest Range towards North East direction and meets at point 'T' near Khasra No. 27 at the boundary of village Kantajhariya. T-U: Line starts from point 'T' at boundary of Kantajhariya village and passes through Compartment no. 1319 RF (P) of Gharghoda Forest Range at boundary of village Kantajhariya towards South West direction and meets at point U near Khasra No. 30 at boundary of village Kantajhariya. U-V: Line starts from point 'U' at boundary of Kantajhariya village and passes through Compartment no. 1319 RF (P) of Gharghoda Forest Range of village Kurmibhouna towards North West direction and meets at point 'V' near Khasra No. 531 at Boundary of Kurmibhouna. V-W: Line Starts from point 'V' and passes through Compartment no. 1327P (P) and 1319 RF (P) of Gharghoda Forest Range towards South West direction and meets at point ‘W' near Khasra no. 521 at Boundary of Kurmibhouna. W-S: Line Starts from point 'W' and passes through Compartment no. 1327P (P) of Gharghoda Forest Range towards North West direction and meets at point 'S near Khasra No. 514 at Boundary of Kurmibhouna. [F. No. 43015/17/2022-LAIR] BHABANI PRASAD PATI, Jt. Secy.

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